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Archive 2012...
MAY
Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the seminal Rap-Rock trio Beastie Boys has died after losing his fight with cancer on May 4. He was 47.
Saving Abel will release their third studio album, "Bringing Down the Giant", on July 17.
Lynyrd Skynyrd will release their new album, "Last Of A Dying Breed", on August 21 via Loud & Proud/Roadrunner Records.
Alanis Morissette will release "Havoc And Bright Lights", her first album in four years, on August 28 via her new label home of Collective Sounds.
Stone Sour will release its fourth album in October via Roadrunner Records. The band has yet to reveal the title of the new CD, which is being recorded at Sound Farm Studios just outside Des Moines.
Everclear have set June 26 as the release date for their long-awaited new album, "Invisible Stars".
APRIL
Mark Tremonti, guitarist for Creed and Alter Bridge, will release his first solo album, "All I Was", on July 10 via Fret 12 Records, a label Tremonti co-founded. Tremonti will handle lead vocals for the first time in his career.
Buckcherry have spent the last few months in the studio and the group are planning a September release for their new album which will be titled "Confessions".
Passion Pit will release "Gossamer", their sophomore release, on July 24 via Columbia Records.
The Toadies have expanded their planned EP into a full album. Titled "Play.Rock.Music", it will be out July 31 on Kirtland Records.
Black Light Burns' sophomore album, "The Moment You Realize You're Going To Fall", is tentatively due out on August 28.
Rush will release their twentieth studio album, "Clockwork Angels", on June 12 via Anthem/Roadrunner Records.
In This Moment has set "Blood" as the title of its fourth album, due this summer via longtime label Century Media Records.
Deftones has finished pre-production on its seventh album and will enter the studio soon to begin recording. Frontman Chino Moreno said in an interview that he expects the album to be out in “early fall, October. Maybe September”.
10 Years will release their next album, "Minus The Machine", on July 17 via their own Palehorse Records label, in conjunction with WMG's Independent Label Group.
Serj Tankian is in his own Serjical Strike Studios in Los Angeles putting the finishing touches on his third solo album, "Harakiri", which will be released this summer via Serjical Strike/Reprise Records.
MARCH
P.O.D. will release their new single "Lost In Forever" on April 16. Their new album "Murdered Love" is due this summer.
The Walkmen have announced their sixth studio album, "Heaven". The new collection is out June 5 on Fat Possum Records.
Linkin Park has announced that they will be debuting "Burn It Down", the first single off their upcoming, as-yet-untitled new album, on April 16.
Stone Sour have begun recording their fourth studio album at Sound Farm Studios outside of Des Moines. Roadrunner Records will release the album this fall.
Rob Zombie says that he and his bandmates will enter the studio on June 1 to begin recording a new album, set for a late 2012 release.
Australian rockers Jet have decided to part ways after a decade together in order to pursue separate creative endeavors.
The Smashing Pumpkins will release the long-awaited "Oceania" album on June 19 via EMI Label Services/Caroline Distribution. First announced in April 2011, "Oceania" is part of the band's ongoing 44-song concept piece, "Teargarden By Kaleidyscope".
Soundgarden have revealed that the reunited rockers will have a new single, "Live To Rise", on the soundtrack to this summer's blockbuster movie "The Avengers". The soundtrack will be out on iTunes as of May 1.
Saving Abel have signed with eOne Music for the release of their new album which is due out in June.
Soul Asylum has signed with 429 Records and the band's first album in six years, "Delayed Reaction", is due on July 17.
Nonpoint has finished recording its as-yet-untitled new album at Groovemaster Studios in Chicago, with Grammy-nominated producer Johnny K. A release later this year through Razor & Tie is in the works.
Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington is opening up about the band's upcoming, fifth studio album and unlike past albums, he says the guys didn't feel pressure to “break out of the NuMetal box” with this assortment; that mindset, he says, resulted in a more comfortable recoding experience. The new record is due out sometime this summer.
Smile Empty Soul have signed with eOne Music for the release of their new album, "3's". The album is due out May 22.
Filter frontman Richard Patrick has announced that the band is working on a new album, called "Gurney And The Burning Books" which is scheduled to come out this summer.
The Temper Trap have announced the details of their second studio album, which will be self-titled and released on June 5; the first official single will be "Need Your Love".
Silversun Pickups will release their third album, "Neck Of The Woods", on May 8. The new record contains 11 songs including lead single "Bloody Mary".
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have announced that their self-produced, sophomore album will be titled "Here" and it will be released on May 29, via Community Music/Vagrant Records.
Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan tells Rolling Stone they already have about 20 songs demoed and are set to begin recording their twelfth album at the end of April.
The Dandy Warhols will release their new studio album, entitled "This Machine", on April 24, through The End Records.
FEBRUARY
John Mayer has announced that he will release his forthcoming album, "Born And Raised", on May 22. The track listing includes the lead single, "Shadow Days", as well as 11 other tunes.
Keane is set to return in May with their fourth studio album, "Strangeland".
Metric have announced their new album will be titled "Synthetica", with a release date of June 12 in North America.
Spineshank have signed with Century Media for the release of their new album, "Anger, Denial, Acceptance". The disc is due out in June.
Black Light Burns have signed a new record deal with THC/Rocket Science. The band will release their new album, "The Moment You Realize You're Going To Fall", this fall.
Shadows Fall will release its seventh album, "Fire From The Sky", on May 8 via Razor & Tie.
Green Day is in the studio cutting the follow-up to 2009's "21st Century Breakdown". On Valentine's day, Feb. 14, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong announced via Twitter that the trio has begun recording a new full-length.
Hellyeah will release its third album, "Band Of Brothers", in early June via Eleven Seven Music. It was recorded in Dallas at drummer Vinnie Paul's home studio and produced by the band with Jeremy Parker.
Marilyn Manson has announced a run of 2012 tour dates, presumably in support of his still-without-a-release date new album, "Born Villain".
Killswitch Engage has reunited with their original vocalist, Jesse Leach and the band is currently working on a new album. Howard Jones, Leach's replacement in KsE, officially parted ways with the Massachusetts-based Metalcore pioneers in January 2012, after a decade with the band.
After more than three years in a coma, Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is continuing to show signs of improvement. In a video posted on OneLoveForChi.com, the website created to help raise funds for his medical bills, Cheng is seen moving his legs on command. Chi Cheng was seriously injured after November 2008 car accident where he was ejected from the vechile.
Flyleaf have begun work on their third studio release with Grammy-nominated producer Howard Benson. A release is expected later this year.
Slash's new as-yet-untitled studio album will be released on May 22. The disc features vocals from Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy.
Candlebox will return with their fifth studio album, "Love Stories And Other Musings", on April 3.
Garbage has announced that their fifth studio album, "Not Your Kind Of People", will be released on May 15 via the band's own label, STUNVOLUME.
Tenacious D have announced their third album, "Rize Of The Fenix", set for release in May. The Rock-comedy duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass' last release was the soundtrack to their 2006 film "Tenacious D In The Pick Of Destiny".
Dragonforce is set to return with "The Power Within", their fifth studio album and the first with new singer Marc Hudson. It will be released on April 17 by Roadrunner Records.
JANUARY
The Cult has finished recording their first new album in five years, "Choice Of Weapon" and it is set for a May 22 release on the band's new label, Cooking Vinyl.
Lenny Kravitz tells Billboard that he is almost done his follow-up to 2011's "Black And White America". Kravitz says he was working on this new album, titled "Negrophilia", but put it aside to record "Black And White America". He adds the next record is “very funky” and “a very raw, jagged-edge album”.
Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti has announced that his forthcoming solo album will be titled "All I Was" and arrive in the spring of 2012.
Norah Jones will release a new album entitled "Little Broken Hearts", a collaboration with producer and musician Danger Mouse. The disc does not have an exact release date, but it will be out this spring via Blue Note/EMI.
Garbage has launched their our record label called STUNVOLUME and the band will self-release a new album this spring. STUNVOLUME will be distributed by Fontana in the United States. “We have been in the studio putting the finishing touches on our fifth studio album”, the band said in a statement.
Despite the announcement of the reunion of At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta will release a new record this year. The 13-track set is titled "Noctourniquet" and will be out on March 27 via Warner Bros. Records.
After Black Sabbath announced that guitar legend Tony Iommi has been diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma, Iommi posted a statement on his official website to thank fans for their support. The group has been writing and recording a new album in Los Angeles with producer Rick Rubin, but now they have moved operations to the U.K. so they can continue to work with Iommi as he gets medical attention.
Eve 6 will release "Speak In Code", their long-awaited fourth studio album, on April 24. This is their first record since 2003's "It's All In Your Head".
Halestorm will release their new single, "Love Bites (And So Do I)", to iTunes on January 24. The band will release a new studio album later this year.
In This Moment have started work on their new album with producer Kevin Churko. A summer release is expected.
At The Drive-In have announced plans to reunite, 11 years after their split. A new website -- www.atdimusic.com -- and a Twitter account have been launched, with the statement, “Attention! To whom it may concern: At The Drive-In will be breaking their 11 year silence”. At The Drive-In splintered into The Mars Volta and Sparta following their 2001 breakup.
Dark New Day will release their sophomore album, "New Tradition", on February 28 via Chicago's Goomba Music and distributed by eOne Music.
Van Halen confirmed that their new album, "A Different Kind Of Truth", will be released in the U.S. by Interscope Records on February 7. This is the first original studio record with singer David Lee Roth since the band's classic "1984" release.
12 Stones have set an official release date for their long-awaited fourth album, "Only Human". Since being delayed a second time, the album now has an official release date of March 27, 2012.
Lostprophts are out with a new single, "Better Off Dead" and their new album, "Weapons", will be released on April 2.
Taproot's new album "The Episodes" has been scheduled for a February 28 release date through Victory Records.
The Shins confirmed a March 2012 release for their fourth album, "Port Of Morrow". It will be released jointly on James Mercer's own Aural Apothecary label and Columbia Records. According to the band, the first single off their album will be called "Simple Song".
Killswitch Engage have split with frontman Howard Jones, according to a statement from the Rockers. Jones did not tour with the band on their last North American headlining tour in 2010 and at the time, KsE said in a statement that Jones was “in no condition to be on tour right now”. The band is now looking for a new frontman.
Saliva quietly parted ways with singer Josey Scott late last year. Scott left the group after a decade and a half to pursue a career as a solo Christian artist. Although Saliva's continued existence seemed to be in doubt, the remaining members of the band have recruited Jacksonville singer + songwriter Bobby Amaru to take over on the mic.
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